ARIS

It was great to see the increased interest in gaming and language learning at this year’s CALICO conference. The most promising actual uses of gaming were built on a free platform called ARIS, which combines gaming and storytelling elements by using a location-aware iOS app. I had played around with it and read about it since its release, but it was great to see some real-world uses.

The best thing is that you can build your own game, thus being able to adapt everything to your needs and situation. A few months ago I first through “I can’t do that at my college, with my students.” But I don’t have to, I can make the game so that it fits my own situation.